1. If You Don’t Build It, They Won’t Come: Customized Library Resources for Online Learning Angie Gerrard, MLIS & Dirk Morrison, Ed.D. TLT Conference University of Saskatchewan April 30-May 2, 2006

2. Introduction Current undergrad and IT trends Role of the Library

3. Introduction “Students arrive at the library Web site with expectations raised by these numerous personalized and customized systems. When they do not find resources that appear to be tailored specifically for their information needs, they move on to other information resources.” Reeb & Gibbons (2004), pp.126

4. U of S Context: Evolution of Course Pages Information Literacy & Library Instruction

5. HTML Course Page: Psyc 213.3

6. HTML Course Page: Hist 152.3

7. HTML Course Page – Use of Tabs

8. U of S Context: Evolution of Course Pages PAWS (Personalized Access to Web Services) Library’s Integrated Plan Resource Management System

9. RMS Admin view User view

10. Admin View

11. Adding Resources

12. Assigning Resource Type

13. Subject Pages

14. Editing Subject Pages

15. Editing Subject Pages…

16. Course Pages

17. Editing Course Pages

18. Editing Course Pages…

19. Access to Subject & Courses Pages via PAWS

20. Access to Subject & Course Pages via WebCT

21. Access to Subject & Course Pages via Library

22. Subjects Page

23. Psychology Subject Page

24. Course Pages

25. Course Page for ECNT 810

31. Benefits Students Faculty Librarians

32. Benefits: Students Ease of access Filtered, relevant resources (customized) Decreased confusion Better resources=better research=better grades

33. Benefits: Faculty Collaboration with liaison librarian Learn about new products & services Improved quality of resources Refined assignments

34. Benefits: Librarians Increased visibility of resources & services Seen as relevant information source Opportunity to forge relationships & collaboration Increased familiarity with curriculum Rich database developed

35. Issues to Consider Database constraints Lack of formal assessment Workload

36. Conclusions U of S Library is a partner in online learning Fosters collaboration and innovation cycles Future: Students as researchers Students as course contributors Students as evaluators

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